Crackorn Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 Wow, this brings back memories- there was Stinky, Fatty, Smelly, Hairy, Bitey, Scratchy and Dunce. I was always like "Ma, I have a REAL name", but those were the ones of choice.------------------Too crazy for Boys Town, too much of a boy for Crazy Town.I'm C.O.'d.AIM: crackorn71 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carabee Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 Um........ya, mine was fucking "PEAPOT" cuz my mom grew peas in her garden and I would always sit in the pot you threw them in....lol. I guess I liked the feeling of it on my diaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickijay Posted January 18 Author Report Share Posted January 18 Originally posted by Crackorn:Wow, this brings back memories- there was Stinky, Fatty, Smelly, Hairy, Bitey, Scratchy and Dunce. I was always like "Ma, I have a REAL name", but those were the ones of choice.woohoo, a name for each personality!!i love coxwingin!------------------ Boink like a snow bunny!!!uknj@aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggmok Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 only for you, uknjx2, aka jim hensen superstar . . .Why do we call informal names "nicknames?"As I'm sure you have already guessed, the etymological source for this modern word is the Old English word, "eke," meaning besides or in addition to. I know you can fill in the rest, but just for the record . . .In the Middle Ages an eke name was a name in addition to your formal name. Most people did not have last names and in any village there might be more than one person with the same name -- say, William. To avoid confusion, there would be William the blacksmith, William the tanner, etc. Those were their eke or additional names, a concept we've adopted for informally referring to any William as Bill – his additional name.Now what if I wrote and pronounced "an eke name" as "a neke name?" This linguistic looseness is called noncing. We arrived at the word "nickname" because over the years the words got slightly rearranged -- a nodd phenome non, to be sure.------------------Life is too short to be small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickijay Posted January 18 Author Report Share Posted January 18 Originally posted by eggmok:only for you, uknjx2, aka jim hensen superstar . . .Why do we call informal names "nicknames?"As I'm sure you have already guessed, the etymological source for this modern word is the Old English word, "eke," meaning besides or in addition to. I know you can fill in the rest, but just for the record . . .In the Middle Ages an eke name was a name in addition to your formal name. Most people did not have last names and in any village there might be more than one person with the same name -- say, William. To avoid confusion, there would be William the blacksmith, William the tanner, etc. Those were their eke or additional names, a concept we've adopted for informally referring to any William as Bill – his additional name.Now what if I wrote and pronounced "an eke name" as "a neke name?" This linguistic looseness is called noncing. We arrived at the word "nickname" because over the years the words got slightly rearranged -- a nodd phenome non, to be sure.i love the way you educate me!!! oh, and this whole "neke" name thing made me remember my best friend in hs and my ex. bf called me neek!!! ------------------ Boink like a snow bunny!!!uknj@aol.com[This message has been edited by uknjx2 (edited 01-18-2001).] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happykittn Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 Poison Ivy... *sigh* By everyone from classmates to radio personalities... ------------------The purpose of life? To die young as late as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexxxi Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 Originally posted by ichi_gami:NEVVAAAHHH!!!! You shall have to beat them out of me... Yo...Ichi...I will just get it out of JDogg to use against you for selfish reasons in the future. So, before I start to prepare my blackmail strategies, you might as well give it up!!!As for me......I DON'T THINK SO!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKILINA007 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 the worst one was "nicole the pole" because i was sooooo skinny!then there was "rubber nose" from my grandpop... "Lina" (my name is nicolina)... "niki star", i always had a nice smile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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